Campus Events (page 8)
“Making Cordelia, a Modern Noh Play Innovating Shakespeare’s King Lear”
The San Francisco-based Theatre of Yugen lectures and performs excerpts from “Cordelia,” a unique Japanese Noh interpretation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” beginning at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
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As the conductor of an orchestra charged with exposing Latino communities to classical music, Sonia Marie De León de Vega lectures on “Transforming Lives Through Music” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreScripps College Presents “Chican@ Artivistas at the Intersection of Hope and Imagination”
Martha Gonzalez, a feminist music theorist, Chicana activist and a founding member of the East Los Angeles rock band Quetzal, gives a multimedia presentation on the ways in which Chicana activists harness the power of art and creative expression at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreScripps College’s 7th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program Presents: An Evening with Charles Krauthammer
Scripps College presents an evening with Charles Krauthammer as part of the 7th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program. Krauthammer will comment on current events at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 in Scripps College’s Performing Arts Center, Garrison Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
Read More“Denatured Nature” The 69th Scripps College Ceramic Annual
The Scripps College Ceramics Annual–the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States–opens for its 69th consecutive year on Jan. 26 and continues through April 7. Titled “Denatured Nature,” this Ceramic Annual highlights work from emerging artists as well as celebrated masters in the field of ceramics.
Read MoreSocial Critic Michael Eric Dyson Speaks on “Dr. King for the 21st Century” at Scripps College
Michael Eric Dyson, well-known academic and best-selling author who appears as a commentator regularly on NPR and CNN, lectures on “Dr. King for the 21st Century” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24 in Scripps College’s Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St. This free event is open to the public.
Read MoreScripps and Pomona Dance Present 2012 “In The Works” Student Danceworks Concert
“In The Works…,” the annual fall concert by students of the departments of dance at Scripps and Pomona Colleges, takes place Dec. 6 and Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. and on Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Pendleton Dance Studio, Pomona College. General admission is $5 and tickets will be sold at the door. (Check or cash only please.)
Read MoreScripps College Presents “Social Media and Learning: Students Getting Help from Friends”
Christine Greenhow, assistant professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University, explores the ways in which students from low-income families use social media to their benefit in a lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 27 in Garrison Theater. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreTelevision Pundit Eleanor Clift on “The Road Ahead: Is There a Mandate for Change?”
Eleanor Clift, political reporter, television pundit and author, examines the outcome of the 2012 elections in “The Road Ahead: Is There a Mandate for Change?” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29 in Scripps College’s Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Read MoreBringing the Social Media Revolution to Health Care
Lee Aase, director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, lectures at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 in Garrison Theater on how organizations can use social media creatively to improve health care everywhere. This event is free and open to the public.
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